The United States PostgreSQL Association (PgUS) is a non profit 501(c)3 public charity created to support PostgreSQL in the United States through user group development, conferences, educational initiatives and fun. You can view the final version of our bylaws online. Anyone who wants to support PostgreSQL efforts in the United States is welcome to join.

Hello, everyone! Just as a reminder: Today is the final day to nominate (or self-nominate) for the 2016 PgUS board election. Please email your nomination(s) to the corporation secretary (me) at:secretary@postgresql.us
I will be posting platforms/bios on the PgUS website by October 26, so (if you're self-nominating) please include your bio and(/or) platform in your email.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks for participating in our board election!

Hello, everyone! I would like to announce the opening of nominations and the voting procedure for the 2016 PgUS board election.

Our nomination period is open until October 25th; candidates may be nominated or self nominate by emailing the corporation secretary (me) at:secretary@postgresql.us
I will be posting platforms/bios on the PgUS website by October 26. PgUS members may vote via email to:secretary@postgresql.us

The CFP for PGConf US 2017 is now open. You can read all about it and submit here. This coming conference is set to be the largest we have had. As we continue to grow we continue to add options for our attendees including a Job Fair and an additional day.

Did you know that there is not a single major contributor to PostgreSQL that is not paid to be a contributor to the project?

There is nothing wrong with that. I would argue that it is a sign of a healthy project. However, it does come with downsides. The most important one being that no matter how autonomous your employer says that your work is, at any point your priorities are driven by what is best for the company. That means, it is driven by profit. If the work being done is not going to lend itself to the bottom line of the sponsoring company, those priorities may change.

Continuing my Building a Better community series, I contacted Steve Atkins. There was an interesting twist to this particular Unsung Hero. I initially contacted lluad on #postgresql (irc.freenode.net) due to his continuous and untiring efforts to help people on channel. What I didn't know is that Steve Atkins is actually lluad. Read on for some interesting bits.

How do you use PostgreSQL?

I use PostgreSQL almost any time I need to store or process structured data.

Austin, Texas – May 16, 2016 – The PostgreSQL community announces their participation at OSCON 2016, the largest open source conference in North America. OSCON takes place in Austin, Texas, May 16 – 19, 2016 and is the best opportunity to meet the open source community.

For every Robert Haas, Bruce Momjian, Dave Page, Tom Lane, and Peter Eisentraut there are dozens of Jonathan Katz, Jim Mlgodenski and Denish Patels. Beyond that there are hundreds of Lloyd Albin, Boyan Botev, Eric Worden, David G. Johnston, and Debra Cerdas. They are all valuable community members and they all play their part in helping the community continue to succeed.